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Gary Thorne on a MASN broadcast for the Orioles claimed that Curt Schilling's bloody sock from the 2004 postseason was actually a fraud, and nothing more than a painted piece of hosiery.
"The great story we were talking about the other night was that famous red stocking that he wore when they finally won, the blood on his stocking," Thorne said to broadcast partner Jim Palmer, the Hall of Fame pitcher, in a conversation that had begun with a discussion of Schilling's blog.
"Nah," Thorne said. "It was painted. Doug Mirabelli confessed up to it after. It was all for PR. Two-ball, two-strike count.
Palmer: "Yeah, that was the 2004 World Series [sic]." Thorne: "Yeah."
During a break two innings later, Thorne confirmed that's what he said, and that Mirabelli had told him so in a conversation "a couple of years ago."
"Go ask him [Mirabelli]," Thorne said.
Mirabelli denied the report after the game.
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Update - David Pinto is skeptical of Thorne's story and he doesn't like Thorne either.
The doctor who worked on Schilling says it's real.
As does the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Thorne fell on his sock today and said he was wrong.
Not did the bloody sock ever really add to what Curt Schilling did.
I do think Schilling milked the sock thing for all it was worth, though, and probably more. It was way overplayed.
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